#VU46239 Improper Privilege Management in kotlin - CVE-2020-15824
Published: August 8, 2020 / Updated: September 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46239
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15824
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
kotlin
kotlin
Software vendor:
Google
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.